McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella analysed a weekend of promise that ultimately had a sting in the tail for Lando Norris at the 2026 F1 Spanish GP. Struggling to match Mercedes and Ferrari in practice through Friday and into Saturday, the team worked hard on the MCL40 to get it into a window to allow…
McLaren driver and current F1 World Champion Lando Norris finished 3rd in the 2026 Spanish GP behind Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen. It is a race he should have won. Starting on pole at the new Madrid circuit, the 26-year-old kept the lead once the Italian driver gave him the place back as he cut…
Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli has become the first winner of the F1 2026 Spanish GP at the Madring. Although happy with the result, the Drivers’ Championship leader admitted he felt Norris should have gotten the win, if not for an unlucky VSC. It was a pretty uneventful race at the Madring. Antonelli had qualified P2 on…
Ugo Ugochukwu is the 2026 FIA Formula 3 Drivers’ Champion after finishing second in the season-ending F3 Feature Race 2 at the Spanish GP in Madrid, overturning the championship deficit he carried into the final round to defeat Freddie Slater by 14 points. The Campos Racing driver entered Sunday’s finale level with Slater on 141…
Lewis Hamilton failed to finish the 2026 F1 Spanish GP after a brake failure in his Ferrari meant he had to retire from the inaugural race at the Madring after just six laps of racing. Hamilton responds to Verstappen’s “Mickey Mouse racing” radio outburst over first lap of 2026 F1 Spanish GP The seven-time F1…
The 2026 F1 Spanish GP had an unexpected polesitter in Lando Norris, who surprised the field with what he called one of his best laps in qualifying. Ollie Bearman was forced to start from the pit lane as a result of his FP3 crash. Other than that, the race promised to be one of questions:…
Oscar Piastri didn’t have the F1 Qualifying session he anticipated ahead of the Spanish GP, as he found himself thinking about the possibility for more. The Aussie never appeared to be fully comfortable at the Madring, steering clear of drama but also not tapping into the full potential of the MCL40. An difficult F1 Qualifying…
Campos Racing Team Principal Adrian Campos says he is only “25% satisfied” after the Spanish squad successfully defended its FIA F3 Teams’ Championship, with Ugo Ugochukwu still fighting to complete a championship double in Madrid. Campos secured the Teams’ crown on home soil during Feature Race 1, where Ugochukwu, Théophile Naël and Ernesto Rivera all…
Ritomo Miyata reflected positively on his maiden FIA Formula 2 victory after navigating a chaotic Sprint Race at the inaugural 2026 F2 Madrid round. The Hitech driver endured a challenging start to Round 11, finishing P21 in Free Practice. However, Miyata later impressed in Qualifying, securing P9 and a front-row P2 start for the reverse-grid…
Charles Leclerc secured a P5 starting spot for the F1 Spanish GP, keeping it clean through the very tough Madring. The Ferrari man started his Q1 with an early P2, ultimately finding himself not on par with the Mercedes and McLaren drivers and dropping to the second half of the top ten. A smooth Qualifying…
